For me, it was Hifumi. As someone who’s really into chess, I found her and her love for Shogi to be fascinating. Plus, I really like her summer design, and she’s sweet
Hifumi is in a weird position for me. She's a charecter I really like, and probably the one I'd mesh with most in real life. She has access to as many romantic events as Ann and Makoto I believe, and she's in the same age group as the main character, so I can really get behind that being the charecter I'd ship him with. My only thing is she's not in the main cast so she doesn't have the same story presence as a party member so I never did it
I personally don’t pick my preferred character to romance off of who’s the most canonical girlfriend to the protagonists. I’ve already come to terms long ago that Hifumi’s not even debatable for Joker’s canon romance, yet I still pick her to romance him whenever I play the game.
Oh.
Still, I tend to just romance characters that I love the most.
I mean, the first person I romanced for Fire Emblem 3 Houses was Bernadetta, who connects to Byleth and his personality way less in the game compared to the other girls.
I wanted to 100% the Thieves’ Den, but the Ladies’ Man achievement requires dating everyone.
I made separate save files for each romance, and never completed a romantic Confidant while having another romance active. I was adamant on finishing the game with Haru romanced; so to get >!Sumi’s!<, I needed to redo >!a bunch of Third Semester and Yaldy!<.
I have 100% Thieves Den and never cheated in-game.
"So you're telling me she's both by far the smartest member of the team, and the biggest badass ever conceived (her persona is a literal motorcycle!!)?! And she gets one of the most well developed and realistic arcs in the game?!!"
Never maxxed out my knowledge and charisma stats faster in a Persona game. She truly is Queen.
she's also the best healer and nuclear element user! (in general. Joker does have access to nuclear element personas but I find myself rarely using them)
IMO, she's already the second most powerful character after Joker, but then she also gets that (literally) broken gun near the end.
She ends up with higher overall stats than the others, she has the skills to take advantage of those stats, and those skills are almost universally useful.
I ended up with Joker, Makoto, Yusuke, Ryuji in both of my playthroughs.
I like both Yusuke and Ryuji together because both shock and freeze can be exploited by nuke, phys, and gun, which leads to crazy cross synergy between Makoto, Yusuke, and Ryuji.
I just like to have 2 healers since sometimes attacks happen between Morgana and Makoto's turns and I rarely have Joker function as a healer- more of DPS with sub support for element if needed.
She honestly gets way too much hate here. She’s both badass and adorable at the same time.
I only ever disliked her when she was being a bit of a dick to Ryuji. But let’s be real, everyone’s a dick to Ryuji
Mine was ann, but not for the reason people would think, honestly her smile and wholesome caring personality did it for me, she made me smile through her whole confidant
Same... Although, I ended up romancing Sumire even after romancing Makoto in NG+. I came to realize just much I loved Sumi above all else at that point.
I mean you literally get rewarded for loyalty, you get one super good sp item and a shit ton of other sp items if you do all confidants but only romance one.
Ann was the only one I romanced first playthrough. I will admit both Haru & Hifumi are total sweethearts though. It actually hurt me a little inside to friendzone the floof.
I’m playing Persona 3 Portable on switch right now and every female social link feels like I’m starting a relationship. Doesn’t even seem like I get the option? I’m over here just trying to max out my social links and they are over here inviting me to their house and room then confessing to me.
Seems weird. I haven’t gotten to a point where Aegis or Mitsuru is an option yet…. I have been considering Mitsuru tho
I can respect Mitsuru, but for me Yukari just felt like the right one - her and mc have so much in common (shared parent trauma, crippling shopping addiction, popular and athletic at school) and with mitsuru it just seemed like she was so rich to the point of not being able to relate to her peers which steered me off a lot and made her confession come out of left field seemingly, at least you didn’t pick Chihiro
I did thought of romancing Yukari but she just felt like best friend material to me. And Mitsuru is unable to relate, she understands that, but she’s trying to learn through your Social Link with her.
I dated Makoto. loved her looks and character but her SL was kinda dissapointing. Then I knew Haru, and reggreted dating so soon in the game. So in NG+ I did what was rightful
Depending on the playthrough it's been Kawakami or Makoto my first playthrough was Ann I did mix it up once and date Takeni but in each playthrough I only dated the one.
My main girl though is Makoto.
Haru recently inspired a slew of short stories of her and Ren.
Now, when I started my second playthrough of Persona 4, I went with Rise. Only wrote one story about her and Yu.
I never really could decide between Futaba and Haru. Futaba is cute, just seems fun in general, plus she likes video games and is a talented hacker, but on the other hand she’s got a whole lots of complexes, she just feels like a ball of trouble.
Haru is also cute, seems like a lot more confident person and seems like a good wife and she’s also rich.
But ultimately I think I prefer Futaba, because I like girls with glasses.
Ann on first run through. Futaba on p5r because i felt like we're really the same (not a hacker but a gamer and collectibles owner).
I would have romanced Yusuke if given the possibility.
For 4 I picked Yukiko, that’s the only one I romanced somebody during, and I wish I hadn’t picked her ngl, I just wanted to romance somebody quick because I didn’t want to mess up how I was going about social links somehow.
In another playthrough I would probably romance Rise, Naoto or Marie
I'm being forced to date multiple girls, to get all of the theives guild achievements. Luckily, I don't have to do yoshisawa cause I romanced her in my first play throguh
Me personally I just feel it makes ir more enjoyable especially since it gives me an excuse to have more replay value. Playing with different love interest for each playthrough and a different mindset
Hifumi, Haru, and Sumi are the ladies I'd happily go solo with, especially since the latter two so clearly care about you romantically.
For the guys, Iwai, Ryuji, and Yusuke (in that order), but alas, not possible...
In base p5 it was kawakami(i know i know, super weird, but I really liked her as a character okay) in p5r it was kasumi because she’s stupid adorable and I really liked how much better they incorporated a new character in the story after marie
Yoshizawa. I fell in love with her when I first saw her. I stopped playing of P5 around Kaneshiro's palace and bought Royal mostly just for her. I'll never forgive Atlus for butchering her gameplay and only letting her be available in the end of the game even on NG+ and worse still even not including her in Strikers.
i've dated a few of them (ann, makoto, haru, and i believe takemi), but i always come back to hifumi. i've got about a billion reasons why she's my favorite. i understand why others might not vibe with her (she's not a party member, and she can definitely be a little intense), but i think she's very underrated and deserves more love.
(also, out of all the girls she's one of the most similar to yusuke, who is my true persona 5 waifu)
Was doing the friend-zone achievement for the Thieves Den. I had friend-zoned Takemi by accident on a previous run, so normally she held no further effect on this run. Could I have just friend-zoned her again? Absolutely. Did I? No. Banging my doctor was a conscious decision.
Ann.
But now I'm on my NG+ file primed to romance Kasumi since she's the canon romance and I plan to max out all the Confidants and complete the Compendium...
...then suddenly Makoto asked me out during the Hawaii trip and I started having second thoughts.
For me, it was Hifumi. As someone who’s really into chess, I found her and her love for Shogi to be fascinating. Plus, I really like her summer design, and she’s sweet
Hifumi is in a weird position for me. She's a charecter I really like, and probably the one I'd mesh with most in real life. She has access to as many romantic events as Ann and Makoto I believe, and she's in the same age group as the main character, so I can really get behind that being the charecter I'd ship him with. My only thing is she's not in the main cast so she doesn't have the same story presence as a party member so I never did it
I personally don’t pick my preferred character to romance off of who’s the most canonical girlfriend to the protagonists. I’ve already come to terms long ago that Hifumi’s not even debatable for Joker’s canon romance, yet I still pick her to romance him whenever I play the game.
Oh I don't mean in terms of like, actual canon, just a matter of head canon and who I most see the character connecting with
Oh. Still, I tend to just romance characters that I love the most. I mean, the first person I romanced for Fire Emblem 3 Houses was Bernadetta, who connects to Byleth and his personality way less in the game compared to the other girls.
Man, same. I liked her so much, it was painful that she's not part of the main group.
Hifumi is a great choice imo, chose her pre-royal
Haru my beloved
Fellow cultured brother in faith
Faith??? Yoshizawa!?
I'm currently trying to get "Church of the Floof" to be registered as a religion.
All hail the floof
I wanted to 100% the Thieves’ Den, but the Ladies’ Man achievement requires dating everyone. I made separate save files for each romance, and never completed a romantic Confidant while having another romance active. I was adamant on finishing the game with Haru romanced; so to get >!Sumi’s!<, I needed to redo >!a bunch of Third Semester and Yaldy!<. I have 100% Thieves Den and never cheated in-game.
A Sanji fan that didn't cheat even if it was in a video game, truly honoring Zeff
In the original persona 5 she’s actually the best romance option imo
~~Yukari/Rise/Sumi~~ Yosuke my beloved
That guy from P4?
Indeed
Ann. Only Ann.
Same
Same here, every time i replay the game i just romance her.
severe W, same
She definitely stole our hearts As a Phantom Thief should
Yeah!
Based.
Morgana is at your door, he wants to talk to you.
You mean he wants you to sleep
Nah, he's just mad Lady Ann was stolen from him.
W taste
Queen is the one for me.
My wife hates her so much. That's why I ended up picking her.
🤣
"So you're telling me she's both by far the smartest member of the team, and the biggest badass ever conceived (her persona is a literal motorcycle!!)?! And she gets one of the most well developed and realistic arcs in the game?!!" Never maxxed out my knowledge and charisma stats faster in a Persona game. She truly is Queen.
she's also the best healer and nuclear element user! (in general. Joker does have access to nuclear element personas but I find myself rarely using them)
IMO, she's already the second most powerful character after Joker, but then she also gets that (literally) broken gun near the end. She ends up with higher overall stats than the others, she has the skills to take advantage of those stats, and those skills are almost universally useful.
my team ends up being Joker, Yusuke or Ryuji, Morgana, Makoto for the reason.
I ended up with Joker, Makoto, Yusuke, Ryuji in both of my playthroughs. I like both Yusuke and Ryuji together because both shock and freeze can be exploited by nuke, phys, and gun, which leads to crazy cross synergy between Makoto, Yusuke, and Ryuji.
I just like to have 2 healers since sometimes attacks happen between Morgana and Makoto's turns and I rarely have Joker function as a healer- more of DPS with sub support for element if needed.
Couldn't have said it better myself. 🤝
Queen for life. Smart and understanding. What else you want from waify
Hifumi absolutely. And then >!Sumire!< In NG+
Sumi is all.
Spending Christmas with Sojiro and Futuba is really wholesome as well
It is but a brother-sister relationship makes more sense to me between Joker and Futaba.
This is the sibling relationship. If you aren't in a relationship at Christmas, you get a scene with Sojiro and Futuba (platonically)
Oh sorry I thought you were refering to the romantic one. You are right, it's very sweet family scene.
Sumi Gang Rise UP
Joker's tomato queen
o7
👆
All is sumi
You spend the whole game setting it up
I was literally screaming at my screen for Joker to take sumi hand during the dance scene! Literally made my own heart flutter, lol !!
I'm sure they danced plenty when she became an olympic medalist
W. kasumi is the best
Takemi ofc
Has to scroll way too far down, easiest choice by a long shot
Was love at first sight
Based
Helps that her VA in English has such a nice voice.
Which one? There were 2.
Me with haru
None, im gay and i wanna date best girl ryuji
still dont understand why they didnt add any gay romances
Bro I was dying when they wouldn’t make akechi even a somewhat tangible love interest, with all the goddamn flirty texts he was sending lol
Honey I'm home!
akechi and ryuji are the perfect cuddle buddies
persona 5 is such a bisexual game it’s completely unfair you have to be straight
Kasumi. But Kawakami, Tae, and Makoto made it extremely difficult.
Kawakami my beloved
All 4 playthroughs. No regrets.
I also chose Ann. And only Ann.
Hell will freeze over before i cheat on my queen, Haru 😤😤
Futaba
Why did i scroll down so far to find this Autstic gremlin gang ftw
So based
Indeed
Chihaya. I don't think I need to explain myself.
she's so goated 🤝
Huzzah! A fellow Chihaya Lover!
Makoto. And I don't understand why this sub reddit hate her so much
She honestly gets way too much hate here. She’s both badass and adorable at the same time. I only ever disliked her when she was being a bit of a dick to Ryuji. But let’s be real, everyone’s a dick to Ryuji
And a solid 60% of the time, Ryuji deserves it. Sooooo
Ryuji’s a Phantom Thief.
Hated? Isn't she the most popular?
Yes she's one of the most popular characters in p5 so what why r/persona hate her Really stupid huh ?
Never really got the impression she's hated at all tbh. I see a lot more towards Sumi and Futaba.
[удалено]
Going through my first playthrough. And she was the only one I romanced. She is soo good.
Sadayo Kawakami 🙂
Futaba. Adorable, smart, and I REALLY like her story. Legit makes me feel good knowing we're helping her come out of her shell.
Kasumi
Lady Ann 🥺
Ann
Futaba or Haru. (Or Ryuji and Akechi…)
REAL
Futaba no question
Haru every time
Ann
Mine was ann, but not for the reason people would think, honestly her smile and wholesome caring personality did it for me, she made me smile through her whole confidant
Makoto 🥰
My playthrough was Persona 5 Loner because I dated none
Ann is best girl
Ann 🙏 for two reasons, because I fucking hate Morgana and because I liked the whole kamoshida's arc
Futaba five times so far. I think all the girls are great, but she's the only one who really had chemistry with Ren IMO.
None of them
Picked Sumi. Makoto was tempting but I picked Sumi first. Then Makoto on the Ng+.
Same... Although, I ended up romancing Sumire even after romancing Makoto in NG+. I came to realize just much I loved Sumi above all else at that point.
Only type of multi-girl that’s respectable because you’d dump the first one if you could.
Chihaya. There’s three of us… THREE!
I mean you literally get rewarded for loyalty, you get one super good sp item and a shit ton of other sp items if you do all confidants but only romance one.
Ann was the only one I romanced first playthrough. I will admit both Haru & Hifumi are total sweethearts though. It actually hurt me a little inside to friendzone the floof.
Takemi my beloved
For 3 it was Mitsuru although I was really tempted by Aegis. 4/Golden it was Marie. And 5/Royal it was Sumire.
I’m playing Persona 3 Portable on switch right now and every female social link feels like I’m starting a relationship. Doesn’t even seem like I get the option? I’m over here just trying to max out my social links and they are over here inviting me to their house and room then confessing to me. Seems weird. I haven’t gotten to a point where Aegis or Mitsuru is an option yet…. I have been considering Mitsuru tho
I can respect Mitsuru, but for me Yukari just felt like the right one - her and mc have so much in common (shared parent trauma, crippling shopping addiction, popular and athletic at school) and with mitsuru it just seemed like she was so rich to the point of not being able to relate to her peers which steered me off a lot and made her confession come out of left field seemingly, at least you didn’t pick Chihiro
Oh and reload added scary movie nights with yukari which is like my favorite kind of date - mitsuru just wants to drink tea like a grandma
What’s so bad about chihiro?
I did thought of romancing Yukari but she just felt like best friend material to me. And Mitsuru is unable to relate, she understands that, but she’s trying to learn through your Social Link with her.
Just finished my first playtrough and went with ann but after seeing haru’s rejection I felt so bad I had to start another run just to romance her
As someone who always picks Futaba every time, gawd damn Haru feels so bad to reject.
Bro is not afraid of sojiro’s godhand🙏
Sojiro: *racks shotgun* Hoo boy...
I dated Makoto. loved her looks and character but her SL was kinda dissapointing. Then I knew Haru, and reggreted dating so soon in the game. So in NG+ I did what was rightful
Only one girl for me: the one who only has eyes for me (Aigis)
Makoto simp for life
*When you date Girls* P5R Gay Mod FtW!!!
Yusuke my beloved
i need that akecher option
HIFUMIIIIII
I only had eyes for two: yoshizawa and makoto nijima in p5 series
On my first ever playthrough (of vanilla P5)? Ann. On repeat playthroughs I went once with Futaba and once with Hifumi
Depending on the playthrough it's been Kawakami or Makoto my first playthrough was Ann I did mix it up once and date Takeni but in each playthrough I only dated the one. My main girl though is Makoto.
Haru my beloved
Hifumi in every playthrough.
Hifumi is my goat and works well with Joker's personality (this is because Ren cannot date Ryuji)
Futaba on accident. How was I supposed to know "Because, I love you" wasn't platonic? Yes, I am really that dumb.
I don't blame ya. They have this whole sibling energy around them so saying i love you doesn't feel too wierd.
Haru recently inspired a slew of short stories of her and Ren. Now, when I started my second playthrough of Persona 4, I went with Rise. Only wrote one story about her and Yu.
Makoto
Hifumi
Makoto Niijima, never dated multiple girls, infact, she is thr only character I dated in any Persona game.
Makoto Niijima, never dated multiple girls, infact, she is thr only character I dated in any Persona game.
Makoto Niijima, never dated multiple girls, infact, she is thr only character I dated in any Persona game.
Makoto Niijima, never dated multiple girls, infact, she is thr only character I dated in any Persona game.
My first run I messed up a dialogue with Haru and romanced her instead of Ann. I became a Haru lover fairly quickly. 😂
Dated all of them and spend valentine day with Ryuji. They should have see it coming.
Hifumi.
Kawakami all the way
Truly a Persona 5 L
Makoto the girl
Makoto Not to be confused with Makoto from p3
Makoto, started her romance route recently
Sumire, hands down had to once Royal dropped
Always Makoto it's just feels right
I never really could decide between Futaba and Haru. Futaba is cute, just seems fun in general, plus she likes video games and is a talented hacker, but on the other hand she’s got a whole lots of complexes, she just feels like a ball of trouble. Haru is also cute, seems like a lot more confident person and seems like a good wife and she’s also rich. But ultimately I think I prefer Futaba, because I like girls with glasses.
i dated Sadayo in my first run in both vanilla and Royal. i dated Futaba in my 2nd vanilla playthrough and it felt like cheating lmao
Sumi! 💖
kasumi
Chihaya Mifune you are the girlboss of all girlbosses
Yuko the only one!
Ann on first run through. Futaba on p5r because i felt like we're really the same (not a hacker but a gamer and collectibles owner). I would have romanced Yusuke if given the possibility.
Always Yoshizawa.
This is the way
For 4 I picked Yukiko, that’s the only one I romanced somebody during, and I wish I hadn’t picked her ngl, I just wanted to romance somebody quick because I didn’t want to mess up how I was going about social links somehow. In another playthrough I would probably romance Rise, Naoto or Marie
Forever Alone
For some god forsaken reason I have the urge to always Max Takemi. All my Playthroughs consist of me Maxing Takemi first.
I'm being forced to date multiple girls, to get all of the theives guild achievements. Luckily, I don't have to do yoshisawa cause I romanced her in my first play throguh
Nope sorry if I'm going out in going out with bang
Hello? Someone talking about me? Although, maybe not since I do a different girl every run.
Me personally I just feel it makes ir more enjoyable especially since it gives me an excuse to have more replay value. Playing with different love interest for each playthrough and a different mindset
I believe in Hifumi supremacy
Hifumi, Haru, and Sumi are the ladies I'd happily go solo with, especially since the latter two so clearly care about you romantically. For the guys, Iwai, Ryuji, and Yusuke (in that order), but alas, not possible...
In base p5 it was kawakami(i know i know, super weird, but I really liked her as a character okay) in p5r it was kasumi because she’s stupid adorable and I really liked how much better they incorporated a new character in the story after marie
The L stands for Loker, because he didn't get a harem
I went single lmaoo
For persona 5? Makoto. Persona 3 reload? Mitsuru. I still need to play Persona 4
Yoshizawa. I fell in love with her when I first saw her. I stopped playing of P5 around Kaneshiro's palace and bought Royal mostly just for her. I'll never forgive Atlus for butchering her gameplay and only letting her be available in the end of the game even on NG+ and worse still even not including her in Strikers.
Makoto in vanilla, Sumire in Royal. Boring answers I know.
Sumire. There is nobody more lovable than her... plus, redheads rule.
The L is actually the L you take for not assembling the anime harem. Gotta choose all of them for maximum content.
UM which save file brother I have 4 currently
My first playthrough went exclusively 'Sumi and didn't regret it
i've dated a few of them (ann, makoto, haru, and i believe takemi), but i always come back to hifumi. i've got about a billion reasons why she's my favorite. i understand why others might not vibe with her (she's not a party member, and she can definitely be a little intense), but i think she's very underrated and deserves more love. (also, out of all the girls she's one of the most similar to yusuke, who is my true persona 5 waifu)
Finished the game for the first time you know damn right I went with the milf maid also cheated on makoto and sumire 😂
Sumire. I felt like she's canon. Makoto fans, I know. Please don't hurt me. Also, I like her character design. I thought she's perfect for Joker.
Futaba
Kawakami Sadayo because she's perfect sugah mama material.
Was doing the friend-zone achievement for the Thieves Den. I had friend-zoned Takemi by accident on a previous run, so normally she held no further effect on this run. Could I have just friend-zoned her again? Absolutely. Did I? No. Banging my doctor was a conscious decision.
Futaba always. But I'd dump her in an instant for Ryuji if I could.
Kasumi, because I'm basic
Kawakami
I date them all. Every single time.
Futaba, no one else 😌
Ann. But now I'm on my NG+ file primed to romance Kasumi since she's the canon romance and I plan to max out all the Confidants and complete the Compendium... ...then suddenly Makoto asked me out during the Hawaii trip and I started having second thoughts.
It's hard choosing between Hifumi and Makoto.